Recaps

Lu Zhen overwhelmed Chu He and advanced through the tournament with one spear strike per opponent, while Su Changkong also won his matches with his sword. The two met in the final, where Su Changkong thanked Lu Zhen for inspiring him to break through a bottleneck and promised to give the bout his all.

• Lu Zhen used his thirty-seven-meter golden Dharma Form and a single spear strike to defeat Chu He, whose thirty-five-meter Dharma Body collapsed.
• The crowd and sect leaders reacted to Lu Zhen’s strength, while Yan Nantian warned that the Bright God Martial Canon could exhaust his qi and blood at the middle stage of Transformation Force.
• Lu Zhen defeated each subsequent opponent with one spear strike, and Su Changkong likewise swept his matches with his sword.
• Lu Zhen considered how to fight Su Changkong and decided he could use the officially sanctioned True Manual of Sword Control rather than reveal his saber technique.
• The tournament final was set between Lu Zhen and Su Changkong, as sect leaders favored Su Changkong and discussed his chance to win Supreme Unity Golden Marrow.
• Su Changkong told Lu Zhen that his movement technique in the Thousand Mechanisms Array had helped him break through a bottleneck, then vowed to fight at full strength.

Lu Zhen defeated Su Changkong by using the True Manual of Sword Control to command his spear, revealing a skill that stunned the Mystic Sword Sect’s leaders. Yan Nantian upheld Lu Zhen’s right to the tournament’s first-place reward, then asked Jiang Li to persuade him to abandon the Bright God Martial Canon.

• Su Changkong used his fifth-level movement technique and Azure Lotus Sword Intent to drive Lu Zhen back, while the crowd predicted he would enter the Young Dragon Rankings.
• Lu Zhen hurled his spear and controlled it with the second level of the True Manual of Sword Control, unleashing Sword Qi Thunder Sound to break Su Changkong’s Azure Lotus defense and win the match.
• Jiang Li recognized the technique she had taught Gu Chen, while Yan Nantian and the peak masters were astonished by Lu Zhen’s hidden abilities.
• The peak master of Heaven Sword Peak objected to Lu Zhen receiving the first-place reward because he cultivated the Bright God Martial Canon, but Yan Nantian insisted the tournament rules be honored.
• Yan Nantian asked Jiang Li to persuade Lu Zhen to give up the Bright God Martial Canon, promising that the sect would devote its resources to him if he did.

After the tournament, Jiang Li gave Lu Zhen a large reward and urged him to keep pursuing the Bright God Martial Canon, while explaining that she hoped he might someday help the Jiang Family. Lu Zhen chose cultivation resources over a powerful sword formation, and Jiang Li warned him that the Young Dragon Rankings would be reshuffled in fewer than five days.

• Jiang Li told Lu Zhen that the sect master wanted him to abandon the Bright God Martial Canon, but Lu Zhen refused, and Jiang Li encouraged him to stay on his chosen path.
• Jiang Li gave Lu Zhen five thousand special contribution points and explained that she hoped he would help the Jiang Family if she died while attempting to reach the Spirit Fusion Realm.
• Lu Zhen accepted the points and thanked Jiang Li, promising to remember her kindness.
• Jiang Li offered Lu Zhen the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation, but he declined and said he wanted to spend all eight thousand points on resources to strengthen his body and vital blood.
• Jiang Li warned Lu Zhen that resources alone could not guarantee breakthroughs, then told him that the Young Dragon Rankings would be reshuffled in fewer than five days.

Jiang Li explained the Young Dragon Rankings and the Dragon Ascension Path, but Lu Zhen chose to spend his contribution points on cultivation treasures before challenging it. Meanwhile, Jiang Linchuan broke through to mid-stage Transformation Force and headed to Snow-Listening Cliff to show Jiang Li his achievement.

• Jiang Li told Lu Zhen about the Young Dragon Rankings, the higher martial rankings, and the Dragon Ascension Path at the Myriad Stars Tower outpost.
• Lu Zhen declined to challenge the Dragon Ascension Path immediately and spent all eight thousand contribution points on medicines, Spirit-Nourishing Incense, and treasures for comprehension.
• A steward led Lu Zhen to a new courtyard near Jiang Li's residence after the Grand Competition.
• Jiang Linchuan broke through to mid-stage Transformation Force in the Grand Void Stone Chamber, forming a seventy-two-meter Dharma Body.
• The master of Hidden Sword Peak and his disciples celebrated Jiang Linchuan's breakthrough, and Jiang Linchuan went to Snow-Listening Cliff to see Jiang Li.

Jiang Yun considered whether Jiang Linchuan’s new strength made him a suitable match for Jiang Li, who had entered seclusion. Meanwhile, Lu Zhen’s daily settlement transformed his cultivation resources into extraordinary treasures, and Jiang Yun delivered him a set of flying swords before he prepared for the Dragon Ascension Path.

• Jiang Linchuan visited Snow-Listening Cliff and learned from Jiang Yun that Jiang Li had entered seclusion, then left disappointed.
• Jiang Yun privately considered supporting Jiang Linchuan’s hopes of joining with Jiang Li because he was now a powerful young heir to the Jiang Family.
• Lu Zhen’s settlement transformed his resources, including Supreme Unity Golden Marrow that he believed had become Creation Dragon Marrow.
• Jiang Yun visited Lu Zhen, warned him to focus on cultivation, and delivered thirty-six Azure Frost Flying Swords on Jiang Li’s behalf.
• Lu Zhen examined the swords, then prepared to use his transformed treasures before attempting the Dragon Ascension Path.

Lu Zhen used sixth-tier treasures to accelerate his sword-control training, then risked his life consuming three drops of creation dragon marrow to break through to mid-stage Transformation Force. He survived the ordeal with vastly increased strength and a hundred-meter Dharma body, leaving the quiet chamber after three days of transformation.

• Lu Zhen used Spirit-Nourishing Incense and a Bodhi Jade Fruit to rapidly increase his True Manual of Sword Control experience.
• Lu Zhen sealed the courtyard, settled Guga on a couch, and began breaking through to mid-stage Transformation Force with creation dragon marrow.
• The first drop failed to crack the bottleneck, and the second briefly opened a crack before a severe backlash injured Lu Zhen.
• Lu Zhen consumed the third drop and shattered the bottleneck, reaching mid-stage Transformation Force after three days of recovery.
• Lu Zhen calculated that his maximum strength had risen to seventy-one dragons and that his Dharma body could reach 101 meters.

Lu Zhen raised Daily Settlement to Lv.10 and chose Myriad Streams Return to Origin, which would feed his daily gains back into the Panel’s experience. He left seclusion to challenge the Dragon Ascension Path and met Pei Yuan, the Kunlun branch Tower Master, who gave him a third-grade Star Token and pointed him toward the path.

• Lu Zhen spent one million universal experience to raise Daily Settlement to Lv.10 and gained a choice of three traits.
• Lu Zhen chose Myriad Streams Return to Origin, allowing his daily Martial Arts, Physique, and General experience to contribute to leveling Daily Settlement.
• Lu Zhen left seclusion with his saber, flying swords, and sleeping Guga, determined to challenge the Dragon Ascension Path before the Young Dragon Rankings were reshuffled.
• Lu Zhen reached Myriad Stars Tower’s Kunlun base and met Pei Yuan, who recognized his recent Snow-Listening Cliff tournament victory and thirty-seven-meter dharma body.
• Pei Yuan gave Lu Zhen a third-grade Star Token, explaining its benefits and that it recognized his potential to challenge the Young Dragon Rankings’ top hundred.
• Pei Yuan directed Lu Zhen toward the Giant Gate leading to the Dragon Ascension Path.

Pei Yuan explained that he gave Gu Chen a Stellar Token because identifying his unusual combat talent could earn points and help Pei Yuan return to the main tower and reach Spirit Fusion. At the Dragon Ascension Path, Lu Zhen learned the trials’ records and the Young Dragon Rankings’ standards, then entered the path.

• Su Ya questioned Pei Yuan’s decision to give Gu Chen a third-grade Stellar Token, and Pei Yuan said Gu Chen’s combat strength qualified as Grade D talent whose discovery could earn valuable points.
• Su Changkong told Lu Zhen that he had cleared the seventh stage of the eighteen-stage Dragon Ascension Path but failed at the eighth.
• Supreme Clarity Sect and Heaven-Supporting Sect disciples mocked Su Changkong and Jiang Linchuan, while Jiang Linchuan brooded over Gu Chen’s proximity to Jiang Li’s residence.
• Lu Zhen dismissed Jiang Linchuan’s hostile stare, and Su Changkong warned him that Jiang Linchuan had recently reached mid-stage Transformation Force.
• Su Changkong explained that top-thirty Young Dragon Rankings contestants typically had peak mid-stage Transformation Force and Dharma Bodies over a hundred meters tall, while top-ten contestants were late-stage prodigies.
• Lu Zhen realized his Dharma Body was already a hundred meters tall despite his recent breakthrough and walked toward the Dragon Ascension Path.

Lu Zhen entered the Dragon Ascension Path after dismissing Jiang Linchuan’s warning and began clearing its trials with his Azure Frost Flying Swords. He reached the eighth trial and tested the swords against a massive Dharma body, while observers outside assumed he had become stuck.

• Su Changkong explained that the steles recorded the ten youngest people to clear each stage and that breaking a record earned a generous reward.
• Lu Zhen told Su Changkong not to belittle himself because of past champions, then dismissed Jiang Linchuan’s warning with a saying about sparrows and swans.
• Lu Zhen entered the Dragon Ascension Path and cleared the first three trials with a single Azure Frost Flying Sword.
• At the eighth trial, Lu Zhen summoned all thirty-six Azure Frost Flying Swords and tested their formation against a forty-five-meter Dharma body.
• As Gu Chen’s name remained at the eighth trial on the display, sect disciples mocked Lu Zhen, while Su Changkong worried the Dharma body might be too strong for him to defeat.

Lu Zhen cleared the ninth and tenth stages of the Dragon Ascension Path and reached the eleventh, matching Zhang Xuanling’s record. As the hall reacted to his progress, Pei Yuan and Su Ya recognized Gu Chen as a top D-grade genius and wondered whether he could reach the twelfth stage.

• Lu Zhen used the thirty-six Azure Frost Flying Swords to clear the ninth and tenth stages, then faced the eleventh-stage guardian.
• The mechanism display showed Gu Chen reaching the eleventh stage, silencing the disciples who had mocked him and shocking Su Changkong and Jiang Linchuan.
• Su Ya called Pei Yuan to see Gu Chen’s result, and Pei Yuan judged his potential to be at least that of a top D-grade genius.
• Pei Yuan and Su Ya considered whether Gu Chen could clear the twelfth stage, which would require breaking through to the middle stage of Transformation Force with the Bright God Martial Canon.

Lu Zhen cleared the Dragon Ascension Path’s Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Stages, surpassing Zhang Xuanling’s record and claiming first place in history. His achievement shocked the crowd and convinced Pei Yuan and Su Ya that his mid-stage Transformation Force cultivation made him a valuable prospect.

• Lu Zhen defeated the Eleventh Stage guardian with one punch, then passed the stage without using his weapons.
• The crowd watched Gu Chen’s name surpass Zhang Xuanling’s Eleventh Stage record, while Su Changkong and Jiang Linchuan reacted with astonishment.
• Lu Zhen cleared the Twelfth Stage by defeating its 120-meter guardian with his Azure Frost Flying Swords and Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Pei Yuan and Su Ya realized Lu Zhen had reached mid-stage Transformation Force and praised his potential.
• Lu Zhen fought the 180-meter Thirteenth Stage guardian with his horse-chopping saber and Great Execution Tribulation Blade until it collapsed.
• The stele named Gu Chen first in history at thirty-one years old, and Lu Zhen regarded the achievement calmly.

Lu Zhen stopped after clearing the thirteenth stage of the Myriad Stars Tower, earning a Level Two Star Token and three sixth-rank treasures. His record stunned the Mystic Sword Sect, whose leaders honored him and took him to the main hall, while Lei Zhen and the others watched him rise beyond their reach.

• Lu Zhen decided not to attempt the fourteenth stage after reaching his limit and returned to the Myriad Stars Tower's main hall.
• Pei Yuan praised Lu Zhen's record, replaced his Level Three Star Token with a Level Two token, and granted him three sixth-rank resources.
• Pei Yuan told Su Ya that Lu Zhen was an upper C-grade genius who might reach the threshold of B-grade, and said reporting him could help them return from the branch.
• Mystic Sword Sect disciples celebrated Lu Zhen's record, and Yan Nantian and five other Dharma Heaven Realm grandmasters bowed to him before the sect.
• Yan Nantian led Lu Zhen and the grandmasters to the main hall, while Lei Zhen and the others silently headed back toward the Punishment Hall.

Lu Zhen was named the Mystic Sword Sect’s first Direct Disciple after confirming he had reached middle-stage Transformation Force through the Bright God Martial Canon. The chapter left Lin Wanhe suspecting that Gu Chen had killed his third brother and the Shadow Guards.

• Lu Zhen paid respects to the Mystic Sword Sect’s founding patriarch, and the grand elder and peak masters questioned him about his breakthrough to middle-stage Transformation Force.
• Lu Zhen claimed he had forced his way through the Bright God Martial Canon’s fatal barrier with his strong physique and abundant blood and qi.
• Yan Nantian named Lu Zhen the sect’s first Direct Disciple and awarded him sixth-tier spirit pills, ten thousand special contribution points, and purple-and-gold robes bearing the nine-sword emblem.
• Lu Zhen returned to Snow-Listening Cliff, where disciples celebrated him as a prodigy and crowded around to greet him.
• The Lin Family’s grand elder reported Lu Zhen’s achievement to Lin Wanhe, who dismissed the danger of his current strength but suspected he had killed Lin Wanshan and the Shadow Guards with Profound Entry-level saber intent.

The Lin Family and Li Jue separately plotted against Gu Chen, while the Fang Family regretted rejecting him and Fang Rou quietly accepted what had happened. At Snow-Listening Cliff, Lu Zhen examined the rewards he had received after becoming the Mystic Sword Sect’s foremost personal disciple.

• Lin Wanhe ordered the grand elder to expose Gu Chen’s background and alleged crimes to the Westerners, hoping they would kill him, and told the family to watch Snow-Listening Cliff.
• Li Jue learned that Qin Wei had gained protection through Gu Chen and decided to approach Lin Wanhe with a lavish gift to discuss their common enemy.
• Fang Daoming told Fang Zhenhai that Gu Chen had cleared the thirteenth trial and become the Mystic Sword Sect’s foremost personal disciple, prompting Fang Zhenhai to regret rejecting the match.
• Xiao Cui told Fang Rou about Gu Chen’s rise, but Fang Rou stopped her from speaking further and admitted only to feeling wistful.
• Lu Zhen inspected his ten thousand special contribution points, the Purple-Gold Dragon-Tiger Pill, three sealed cold-jade cases, and a second-tier Star Token at Snow-Listening Cliff.

Lu Zhen’s twentyfold qualitative transformation upgraded four sixth-tier treasures, and he used dark nether true water and a Purple-Gold Dragon-Tiger Pill to rapidly strengthen his foundations and blood qi. After one night, his combat strength reached the peak of middle-stage Transformation Force, leaving him far better prepared to face powerful opponents.

• Lu Zhen received 378,000 Daily Settlement Level experience and watched the Panel’s qualitative transformation branch upgrade his four sixth-tier treasures twentyfold.
• Lu Zhen compared his strength with the late-stage Transformation Force mountain lords and decided he needed to train further.
• Lu Zhen drank the transformed dark nether true water, enduring its extreme cold until his blood qi grew denser and his middle-stage foundations stabilized.
• Lu Zhen swallowed the transformed Purple-Gold Dragon-Tiger Pill, whose medicinal power surged through him alongside the lingering cold.
• By dawn, Lu Zhen had raised his base strength to fifty-five aspects and reached 130 dragons of combat strength, with a Dharma Body over 160 meters tall.

Lu Zhen finished five days of secluded cultivation, greatly increasing his strength and saving his general experience for future emergencies. Meanwhile, the Myriad Stars Tower voted to rank Gu Chen tenth on the Young Dragon Rankings, inviting challenges from powerful rivals.

• Lu Zhen used rare treasures to advance his martial arts, physique, and Panel, while his general experience rose above 6.4 million.
• Lu Zhen chose to save his general experience and realized that reaching late-stage Transformation Force required comprehending the intent realm.
• Lu Zhen decided he needed a master smith to fuse the transformed Innate Geng Metal Baleful Qi into his horse-cleaving saber.
• The Myriad Stars Tower branches debated Gu Chen’s ranking, and Pei Yuan argued against placing him in the top ten.
• The branch masters voted to place Gu Chen tenth on the Young Dragon Rankings.

Fujiwara Hanzo and Yamamoto Kazuo ordered a covert hunt for Gu Chen, planning to exploit conflict in Huaxia and ambush him in the treasure lands. At Heavenly Pool, Zhao Jincheng ingratiated himself with Ruan Qingqing while her eldest senior brother warned her that Zhao Han was using her.

• Fujiwara Hanzo and Yamamoto Kazuo learned of Gu Chen's talent and ordered the Heaven's Punishment plan, sending Military Shadow and ten peak mid-stage Transformation Force fighters to hunt him.
• Yamamoto Kazuo agreed to use Lin Wanhe's offer of cooperation and planned coastal clashes to distract Huaxia while the ambush targeted the treasure lands.
• At Heavenly Pool, Zhao Jincheng endured mockery from young alienated martial artists and secretly thought of Gu Chen and Lu Zhen.
• Ruan Qingqing defended Zhao Jincheng, took him back to his quarters, and treated him with sympathy.
• Ruan Qingqing's eldest senior brother warned her that Zhao Han was manipulative and wanted to use her and the grand elder, but she angrily rejected his warning.

Lu Zhen met Jiang Li after learning that Myriad Stars Tower had ranked him tenth on the Young Dragon Rankings, and she warned that the placement would make him a target. Hoping to reach the Intent Realm, he learned about the Martial God Stele and the dangers of the gray mist border, then declared he would go there, prompting Jiang Li to challenge his confidence.

• Lu Zhen went to see Jiang Li after she emerged from seclusion and asked about resources that could help him reach the Intent Realm.
• Jiang Li told Lu Zhen that Myriad Stars Tower had placed him tenth on the Young Dragon Rankings to make him a target for powerful young cultivators.
• Jiang Li explained that the Martial God Stele could aid comprehension of martial intent, but he would need to claim first place on the Awakening of Insects Ranking to qualify.
• Jiang Li described the gray mist border in Kunlun Treasure Land as a deadly battlefield where experts from across the world fought over ancient ruins.
• Lu Zhen said he would go to the gray mist border in a few days, and Jiang Li rose to confront him over his confidence.

Lu Zhen challenged Jiang Yun to prove he could withstand a single move, then used his experience points to raise the True Manual of Sword Control to its third level and display Sword Intent Manifestation. Jiang Li intervened to stop their sword intents from colliding further, while both women were left stunned by Lu Zhen’s rapid progress.

• Jiang Li warned Lu Zhen that the dangers beyond the mountain were no place for an inexperienced disciple and said she would let him descend if he could withstand one move from Jiang Yun.
• Jiang Yun mocked Lu Zhen’s pride and agreed to test him, insisting he strike first while she refrained from using her Dharma Body.
• Lu Zhen spent his general experience points to raise the True Manual of Sword Control to Lv.3 and summoned thirty-six Azure Frost Flying Swords.
• Lu Zhen formed the swords into an azure swimming fish whose Sword Intent Manifestation sealed the space around Jiang Yun, forcing her to prepare to invoke her Dharma Body.
• Jiang Li sent out her own white swimming fish, and the two sword intents clashed for three breaths before both dispersed.
• Jiang Yun and Jiang Li were shocked that Lu Zhen had reached the third level in about a month, while Jiang Li had needed fifty years.

Lu Zhen received Jiang Li’s permission to travel to the gray mist border and sought the Fang Family’s help forging his saber with Innate Geng Metal Baleful Qi. He left the saber and material with Fang Zhenhai for a month of work, while Jiang Li remained troubled by a familiar quality in Lu Zhen’s sword intent.

• Jiang Li allowed Lu Zhen to go to the gray mist border after he demonstrated his mastery of the True Manual of Sword Control.
• Lu Zhen asked Jiang Li where he could find a smith capable of incorporating a vicious material into his saber, and she directed him to Fang Zhenhai of the Fang Family.
• Lu Zhen went with Fang Wen to the Fang Family residence and asked Fang Zhenhai to fuse the material in his jade box into his horse-chopping saber.
• Fang Zhenhai recognized the material as seventh-rank Innate Geng Metal Baleful Qi and agreed to forge the saber over the next month without accepting payment.
• Lu Zhen left the saber and baleful qi with the Fang Family, and Fang Zhenhai told Fang Daoming that Lu Zhen’s strength made the risk of keeping them unthinkable.

Fang Rou decided never to marry so the Fang Family could preserve its ambiguous connection to Gu Chen, while Lu Zhen prepared to enter Bone-Burial Forest to fight alienated martial artists. Jiang Linchuan chose to help Li Jue target Gu Chen, and Zhao Rui slipped away to report Gu Chen’s movements to the Lin Family.

• Fang Rou told Fang Zhenhai and Fang Daoming that she would never marry, hoping her rumored betrothal to Gu Chen and the Fang Family’s saber-forging bond would protect the family.
• Lu Zhen exchanged his contribution points for the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation and a detailed map, then chose Bone-Burial Forest as a training ground where he could face powerful alienated martial artists.
• Jiang Linchuan watched Lu Zhen leave and decided to cooperate with Li Jue, believing Gu Chen had to die for the Jiang Family to rise.
• Zhao Rui, a Lin Family agent inside the Mystic Sword Sect, tried to leave and report Gu Chen’s movements but evaded Fang Wen and Lei Zhen by pretending to be ill.
• Zhao Rui headed toward the Lin Family estate to deliver news to Lin Wanhe.

Lin Wanhe alerted the Eastern Island Empire after Gu Chen entered Mount Fuji Treasure Land, prompting Military Shadow and ten elite fighters to pursue him. Meanwhile, Lu Zhen reached a Myriad Stars Tower outpost, joined a proposed mission to hunt demon pythons, and faced a challenge from Black Crow.

• Lin Wanhe ordered Zhao Rui to relay Gu Chen’s movements to the Eastern Islanders, and Yamamoto Kazuo ordered Military Shadow to execute the Heavenly Punishment Plan.
• Military Shadow charged into the gray mist with ten peak mid-stage Transformation Force fighters following her.
• Lu Zhen traveled through the boundless gray mist and reached a Myriad Stars Tower outpost near the border between humans and great demons.
• Chen Yuan and Liu Sanniang recruited Lu Zhen for a mission to kill seven peak mid-stage Transformation Force demon pythons in Blackwater Swamp, and he agreed to consider it.
• Black Crow dismissed Lu Zhen as an inexperienced greenhouse-raised genius and demanded that he withstand three moves to prove himself.

Lu Zhen joined Iron Mountain’s team and traveled into Blackwater Swamp to hunt a demon python expected to be nearing its transformation into a flood dragon. When the creature revealed itself with a horde of demon pythons, Lu Zhen unleashed a thousand flying swords to cut down the swarm and relieve the team’s pressure.

• Black Crow attacked Lu Zhen, but Lu Zhen’s 108 flying swords wounded him before Iron Mountain stopped the fight and accepted Lu Zhen into the team.
• Iron Mountain led the team through the gray mist, where they defeated a giant bone-spiked bear and other demon attacks without suffering injuries.
• The team reached Blackwater Swamp, where Iron Mountain assigned positions and ordered Lu Zhen and Liu Mei to hold the center.
• A half-transformed flood dragon emerged from the swamp with hundreds of demon pythons, and Iron Mountain charged it while the rest of the team struggled against the swarm.
• Lu Zhen manifested a 160-meter golden battle body and unleashed a thousand Azure Frost Flying Swords, slaughtering many pythons and easing the team’s pressure.

Lu Zhen refined his control of the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation while helping Iron Mountain’s team kill a half-dragon in Blackwater Swamp. After the team found a Blackwater Golden-Thread Lotus and started back to camp, the battered Elder He and the bald captain appeared with a deadly threat pursuing them through the mist.

• Lu Zhen synchronized his thousand flying swords, severely wounded the half-dragon, and helped Iron Mountain kill it as the remaining demon pythons fled.
• Iron Mountain gave Lu Zhen a share of the half-dragon’s valuable materials, then considered whether to explore its nest.
• Elder He arrived with another team and urged its bald captain to attack Iron Mountain’s weakened group, but the captain recognized the danger and withdrew.
• Lu Zhen advised exploring the pit, where Iron Mountain found a Blackwater Golden-Thread Lotus and distributed its twenty-five seeds among the team.
• Iron Mountain led his team back toward camp, but Elder He and the injured bald captain emerged from the mist, pursued by a monster that had killed their companions.

Lu Zhen faced Military Shadow, an Eastern Island monster who had come to kill him, while the others abandoned him to save themselves. He repeatedly endured her attacks and used his flying swords to slaughter her subordinates, leaving the watching martial artists stunned by his resilience.

• Military Shadow and ten Eastern Island warriors cornered Iron Mountain's group, and Iron Mountain ordered the fighters to hold off the warriors while he, Old He, and Baldy confronted Military Shadow.
• Military Shadow revealed that she had tracked Lu Zhen, and the group retreated to leave him isolated.
• Lu Zhen attacked Military Shadow with his golden battle body and a thousand Azure Frost Flying Swords, but her transformed python body resisted the swords and shattered his battle body with a tail strike.
• Lu Zhen survived the blow with his Gilded Armor, re-formed his battle body, and redirected his swords to kill two Eastern Island warriors.
• Military Shadow shattered Lu Zhen's battle body again, but he recovered and sent his swords after her subordinates, killing three more as the onlookers marveled at his strength.